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| Kanji
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峯岸みなみ
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| Kana
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みねぎし みなみ
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| Romaji
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Minegishi Minami
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| Nickname
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Miichan (みぃちゃん)
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| Birth Info
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November 15, 1992
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| Birthplace
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 Tokyo, Japan
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| Blood type
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B
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| Current Age
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32 Years Old
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| Height
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158cm
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80cm
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60cm
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86cm
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Production Ogi
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| Social Networks
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7gogo / Ameblo / Instgaram / Twitter / Weibo
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| Idol Career Info
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AKB48
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Team K
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| Debuted
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October, 2005 / 1st Generation
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Minegishi Minami is a member of AKB48's Team K. She is also a member of No Sleeves.
Catchphrase
- 年中無休の反抗期！ みぃちゃんこと峯岸みなみです。
- Nenchuumukyuu no hankouki! Miichan koto Minegishi Minami desu.
- (Rebellious age for 7 days a week! I'm Minegishi Minami, also known as Miichan.)
History
2005
- At the age of 13, she joined AKB48 on October 30th as a member of the first Generation, also known as the Original Team A. She was the second youngest member after Masuyama Kayano.
- On December 8th she was part of the Grand Theatre Opening in Akihabara, Tokyo during AKB48's first stage performance; this marks the day of the AKB48 Anniversary now.
2006
2007
- Minegishi was part of the AKB48 drama movie "Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata" (English Title: How to Become Myself).
- She was also part of the AKB48 satiric horror movie "Densen Uta" (English Title: Contagious Song).
2008
- Starting on January 24th, Minegishi became a regular member to appear on AKB48's first personal variety show AKB 1ji 59fun!. In April, the show's title was changed to AKB 0ji 59fun!. After having two successful seasons, the show was again retitled to AKBINGO! in October.
- From August 28th to October 2nd, Minegishi was a regular on the NHK drama "Cat's Street".
- On August 22nd, Minegishi released her first solo book SOUTH. In December there was also a Behind the Scenes DVD released under the same title.
- Together with Kojima Haruna and Takahashi Minami, she was cast in the comedic drama "Men★dol ～Ikemen Idol～". It was about three girls not making the cut as idols, so they pretended to be male and formed a boy group called "Persona." As Persona, the three of them released the songs 3seconds and Christmas Present. At the end of the drama, they presented themselves as the new female idol group No Sleeves and sang their first single Relax!. No Sleeves became an official sub-unit of AKB48 after this, and Relax! was their first single (released November 26th).
2009
- In AKB48's first AKB48 General Election, Minegishi reached rank 16, making her a senbatsu member for the 13th single Iiwake Maybe.
- From July 7th to September 8th, Minegishi was part of the drama "Koishi te Akuma~Vampire☆Boy".
- During the 2009 Team Shuffle, Minegishi was transferred to Team K.
2010
2011
- From February 26th to March 2nd, she was a cast member of the AKB48 drama TV series Sakura Kara no Tegami.
- Minegishi was again chosen to appear in Majisuka Gakuen 2, which started on April 15th.
- No Sleeves released their first self-titled album "No Sleeves. The Limited Type C Edition featured Minegishi on a solo jacket, as well as her first solo song Watashi wa Watashi. Furthermore, Minegishi's unit song from the AmebagPigg Unit Battle, "Shaku ga Hoshii", was also included on her album version. The album managed to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and debuted at #1 on the Daily Charts.
- During the second Janken Taikai, Minegishi ranked third and thus made senbatsu for the 24th single Ue Kara Mariko.
2012
- Airing from April 13th to June 29th on HBC and from April 16th to June 25th, she was part of the drama "Super Girl".
- On August 24th, she was transferred to Umeda Team B.
2013
- Due to news that were published the tabloid "Bunshun Weekly", Minegishi was demoted to Kenkyuusei status on February 1st. She also cut her hair drastically.
- Despite her scandal and uncertain future, Minegishi ranked at 18th in the General Election.
- On August 24th, she was made Team captain of Team 4 during Day 3 of the Tokyo Dome Concert of the AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour.
2014
- For the 32nd single So long!, Minegishi was one of the actresses for the drama video that was filmed by Team B.
- On June 20th, activities paused due to medical treatment as Minegishi was diagnosed with a renal cyst.
2015
- During the AKB48 Spring Shuffle 2015, Minegishi was apppointed Team Captain of Team K.
- She was part of episode 35 of "AKB48 Horror Night Adrenalin Night".
- She was also part of episode 9 of "AKB48 Love Night Factory".
2016
- Before Takahashi Minami's graduation concert, Minegishi did the introduction ("Kage Ana"). She was also part of almost every MC, and they performed Junai no Crescendo as No Sleeves.
- Minegishi was cast for the movie "Joshikou" (Girls High School), which was released on April 9th.
- During the General Election, she was voted into 17th place, which made her the Undergirls Center for Densetsu no Sakana.
- On July 12th, her second photobook "Watashi wa Watashi" was released.
2017
- Like at Takahashi's graduation, Minegishi did the Kage Ana for Kojima Haruna's graduation concert. Again, they performed Junai no Crescendo. After Haruna's graduation process was finished, Minegishi was officially left as the last member of the 1st Generation/Original Team A.
- During a SHOWROOM Livestream on September 5th together with Takahashi Minami and Kojima Haruna, it was announced that the agency Minegishi is now affiliated with is "Mama & Son", a sub-corporate of Ogi.
2018
2019
- On February 2nd, appeared on the variety show Saturday Plus as a guest host.
- On February 7th, appeared as an MC on the radio show UPARETE Yasushima.
- On March 20th, appeared in the variety show Baguette.
- From March 29th to April 15th, appeared in the traditional style stage drama, Futari Okuni. It is a Kabuki style dance theater.
- On April 5th, appeared in the TV Asahi drama "Rikon na Futari" (Divorced Two).
AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
AKB48 Janken Tournaments
Team History
- Team A → Team K → Team B → AKB48 Kenkyuusei → Team 4 → Team K
- Joined AKB48 as a Team A member on October, 2005
- Transferred to Team K on August 23, 2009 (2009 Team Shuffle)
- Transferred to Team B on August 24, 2012 (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle)
- Demoted to Kenkyuusei due to a scandal on February 1, 2013
- Promoted to Team 4 on August 24, 2013 (Tokyo Dome Concert)
- Transferred to Team K on March 26, 2015 (AKB48 Spring Shuffle 2015)
Singles Participation
AKB48 A-Sides
AKB48 B-Sides
No Sleeves A-Sides
No Sleeves B-Sides
Albums Participation
AKB48 Albums
Units
Singles
Albums
Persona
Stage Units
- A1 (PARTY ga Hajimaru yo)
- Kiss wa Dame yo (2nd Unit)
- A2 (Aitakatta)
- Nagisa no CHERRY
- Rio no Kakumei
- A3 (Dareka no Tame ni)
- Nage Kiss de Uchi Otose!
- Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru
- A4 (Tadaima Renaichuu)
- Junai no Crescendo
- Himawarigumi 1 (Boku no Taiyou)
- Idol Nante Yobanaide (1st Unit)
- Himawarigumi 2 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)
- Bye Bye Bye (1st Unit + Revival)
- A5 (Renai Kinshi Jourei)
- Renai Kinshi Jourei
- K6 (RESET)
- Gyakuten Oujisama
- Team Surprise 1st Stage (Juuryoku Sympathy)
- Suiyoubi no Alice
- Suteki na Sankaku Kankei
- Megami wa Doko de Hohoemu?
- Team B Waiting Stage
- Omoide Ijou
- KKS6 (Boku no Taiyou)
- Idol Nante Yobanaide
- KKS7 (Pajama Drive)
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
- 42 (Te wo Tsunaginagara)
- Kono Mune no Barcode
- 43 (Idol no Yoake)
- Tengoku Yarou
- Team Surprise 2nd Stage (Bara no Gishiki)
- Saigo ni Ice Milk wo Nonda no wa Itsudarou?
- Shitsuren Doumei
- Ai no Kawa
- SS1 (Eve wa Adam no Abarabone)
- Kuroi Tenshi
- K4 Revival (Saishuu Bell ga Naru)
- 22nin Shimai no Uta (Center)
- SS5 (Koukando Bakuage)
- Relax!
- SS7 (Thumbnail)
- Hibiwareta Kagami
- SS8 (Kamikyoku Shibari)
- Everyday, Katyusha
Concert Units
- Fukuoka Dome
- Sapporo Dome
- Osaka Dome
- Nagoya Dome
- Tokyo Dome
- Tomodachi Yori Daiji na Hito
- Wakayama
Solo Songs
Photobooks
Solo DVDs
Media Appearances
Movies
- Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata (2007)
- Densen Uta (伝染歌) (2007)
- Joshikou (2016)
Dramas
- Men★dol ～Ikemen Idol～ (2008) - Otawa Hinata
- Cat's Street (キャットストリート) (2008) - herself
- Koishi te Akuma~Vampire☆Boy (恋して悪魔～ヴァンパイア☆ボーイ) (2009) - Inaba Saki
- Kotodama no Onnatachi (言霊の女たち) (2010) - herself
- Majisuka Gakuen (2010) - Shaku
- Sakura Kara no Tegami (2011) - herself
- Majisuka Gakuen 2 (2011) - Shaku
- Super Girl (2012)
- AKB48 Horror Night Adrenalin no Yoake (2015) - Episode 35
- AKB48 Love Night Koujoi (2015) - Episode 9
- Rikon na Futari (離婚なふたり) (2019) - Kariya Emma
Variety Shows
Radio
Stage Plays
- Three-Penny Opera (三文オペラ) (2018)
- Futari Okuni (ふたり阿国) (2019)
Trivia
- Favourite drama: Kids' War
- Favourite flower: Lavender
- Favourite food: Fried prawns
- Habits: Clicking her fingers
- During her teenage years, Minegishi was known as the "rebellious child."
- Good friends with: Maeda Atsuko, Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna and Nishino Miki.
- Oldest member in Team K.
- Known for her good relationship with younger members.
- Leader of Driving Club.
- Doesn't like tomatoes.
- Has been participating in dance lessons since grade 1 and considers it her favorite sport.
- Had the nickname Gojira (Godzilla) in primary school, but she was also often associated with Gachapin (a Japanese children's cartoon character).
- Wants to get married at around age 30. She would like her future husband to call her 'Minami' rather than 'Miichan.' She has shared she used to feel jealous of Takahashi Minami because everyone called her Minami in the beginning, while she was referred to as Miichan.
- She used to want to be the perfect idol type, but she was often told she would fit better as a variety idol due to her rebellious persona. She was unhappy with this for a while, but eventually embraced being a Variety Idol and these days, she is frequently a guest on different types of variety shows.
- Collects hats.
- Keeps warm in winter by pretending it's summer and feeling thankful that it's so breezy. She learned this from a manga
- Is often jealous of Kojima Haruna for being able to write kanji that she can't write herself
- Her father was a big fan of Asaka Yui and Minamino Yoko, and frequently asked Minami to take photos of the other AKB48 members
- Her parents used to run a restaurant named "Tea Room Tane" located in Takashimadaira, Tokyo. On February 26, 2016 it was remodelled to a beer speciality pub named "Kirigirisu" (Cricket). It could be possible that the name is derived from the No Sleeves song Kirigirisu Jin.
- Is allergic to cats
- She is the only AKB48 member to have been on all four teams and a Kenkyuusei.
- Her screen name in Majisuka Gakuen 2 was "Shaku" (screentime) as that was always what she was striving for.
- Former member of the fake group "SONE" with Kitahara Rie, Sashihara Rino and Miyazaki Miho, that regularly participated on Request Hour MCs. They disbanded in 2014.
- She ist the member with most stage performances (940, as of September 29th, 2018).
- Despite being the only member of the 1st Generation to still be in AKB48, she is not the oldest.
- When Miichan was one year old, she received a cuddly toy named "Beaver-chan." She introduced the toy to her fans in the introduction profile video for AKB48's first single Aitakatta. After this, it also appeared in her first photobook and her parents took it with them to see Miichan backstage after the General Election 2013.
- Her poster for the 2017 General Election was designed by Lily Franky, a Japanese award winning illustrator, writer and actor.
- Jabaja is the first single since debut not to include Minegishi on any song.
- Team K's oldest member.
Gallery
Minegishi Minami (2018)
Minegishi Minami (2017)
Minegishi Minami (2016)
Minegishi Minami (2015)
Minegishi Minami (2014)
Minegishi Minami (Late 2013)
Minegishi Minami (Early 2013)
Minegishi Minami (2012)
Minegishi Minami (2011)
Minegishi Minami (Late 2010)
Minegishi Minami (Early 2010)
Minegishi Minami (2009)
Minegishi Minami (Late 2008)
Minegishi Minami (Early 2008)
Minegishi Minami (Late 2007)
Minegishi Minami (Early 2007)
Minegishi Minami (Late 2006)
Minegishi Minami (Early 2006)
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